trip computer MERCEDES-BENZ GL SUV 2012 Owners Manual

Notes/placing in th
ebracke t........ .351
Transmissio noutput (maximum ).... 421
Modifying the programming (key) .....78
MOExtende dtyres ............................. 378
Motor waym ode ................................ 124
MP3 Operating ...................................... .274
se eS eparate operating instructions
Multifunction display
Function/notes ............................. 270
Permanen tdispla y......................... 280
Multifuncti onsteering wheel
Operating the on-board computer .269
Overview .......................................... 33N
Navigation Menu (on-bo ardc omputer )............ 272
se es eparat eoperating instructions
Nigh tView Assist Plus
Activating/deactivating .................235
Clean ing. ........................................ 371
Problem (fault) ............................... 238
Note sonr unnin ginan ew vehicle ..158 O
Occupant safety Children in the vehicle .....................50
Important safety notes ....................40
Odometer
seeT otal distance recorder
see Trip meter
Off-road driving
Checklist after driving off-road ......190
Ch ecklis tbefore driv ingo ff-roa d.... 189
General information .......................188
Important safety notes ..................188
Travelling uphill .............................. 191
Off-road li ghts ................................... .124
Off-road program (v ehicle without
the ON&OFFROA Dpackage)
Function/notes ............................. 252
Off-road program (v ehicle with the
ON&OFFROA Dpackage)
Off-road program 1........................ 253
Off-road program 2........................ 254Off-road programme
s(vehicles
with th eON&OFFROA Dpackage)
Display sinthe COMAND displa y... 256
Off-road programs (v ehicles with
the ON&OFFROA Dpackage)
Function/notes ............................. 253
Off-road system
4MATIC .......................................... 250
DSR ............................................... 251
LOW RANG Eoff-roa dgear ............. 254
Off-road 4ETS .................................. 66
Off-road ABS .................................... 61
Off-road ESP ®
.................................. 67
Off-road program (ve hicle without
the ON&OFFR OADp ackage) ..........252
Off-road programs (ve hicle with
the ON&OFFR OADp ackage) ..........253
Oil
seeE ngine oil
On and Offroad menu (on-board
computer) .......................................... 286
On-board computer AMG menu ..................................... 286
Assistance menu ........................... 277
Aud iomen u................................... 274
Convenience su bmenu .................. 285
Displaying aserv icem essage ........365
Display message s.......................... 290
DISTRONI CPLUS ........................... 205
Factory settin gsubmenu ............... 286
Heating su bmenu ...... ..................... 284
Important safety note s.................. 266
Instrumen tcluster submenu ..........280
Lig ht subm enu............................... 280
Menu overview .............................. 271
Mess agem emor y.......................... 290
Navigation menu ............................ 272
On and Offro admen u.................... 286
Operating the TV ............................ 275
Operating vid eoDVD ..................... 275
Operatio n....................................... 269
RACETIMER ................................... 287
Service menu ................................. 279
Setting smenu ............................... 279
Standard di splay. ........................... 271
Te lephon emenu ............................ 275
Tri pm enu ...................................... 271
Veh icle submenu ........................... 283 Index
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Menu (on-boar
dcomputer )............ 275
Number from the phone book ........ 276
Redialling ....................................... 276
Rej ecting/end ingac all................. 276
Te lephon ecompartmen t................ 339
Temperature
Coolan t.......................................... 268
Co olan t(on-board computer) ...... ...2 86
Engine oi l(on-board computer) ...... 286
Outside temperatur e..................... .268
Setting (cl imate control) ................143
TEMPOMAT
Function/notes ............................. 193
Theft-deterren tsyst em
ATA (Anti-Theft Alarm system) .........71
Immob iliser ...................................... 71
Through-loading ................................ 341
Time seeS eparate Owner's manual
Timing (RACETIMER) .........................287
TIRE FITk it.......................................... 379
Top Tether ............................................ 55
Total distanc erecorder .................... 271
Tow-away protection ..........................71
Towing Important safety notes ..................388
Towing atrailer
Active Blind Sp ot Assist................. 245
Active Lane Kee ping Assist ............248
Active Parking Assis t..................... 223
Axle lo ad,p erm issible .................... 433
Bulb failure ind icator for LED
lamps ............................................. 263
ESP ®
(Electroni cStability Pro-
gram) ............................................... 67
Pullin gawayw ithat railer .............. 162
Traile rdrive program ..................... 250
Towing away
Fitting the tow inge ye.................... 390
Removing the tow inge ye............... 390
With both axl eson the ground .......390
Tow-starting
Emergency engine starting ............391
Important safety notes ..................388
Trailer
Display message ............................ 321Trailer coupli
ng
se eT owing atrailer
Traile rtowing
7-pin connector ............................. 263
Blind Spo tAssist ...... ...................... 240
Cleaning the trailer tow hitch ......... 371
Coupling up atrailer ...................... 260
Decouplin gatrailer ....................... 261
Driving tip s.................................... 257
Fol ding in the bal lcoupling ............ 261
Fol ding out the bal lcoupling .......... 259
Important safety notes ..................257
Mo unting dimensions ....................432
Parktroni c...................................... 218
Po wer suppl y................................. 262
Pro blem (fault) ............................... 264
Shift rang e..................................... 170
Traile rloads ................................... 433
Transmission
seeA utomati ctransmission
Transmissio nposition display .........168
Transmission pos ition display
(DIRECT SELECT lever) ......................168
Transportin gthe vehicle .................. 391
Travellin guphill
Brow of hil l..................................... 192
Driving downhil l............................. 192
Maximum gradient-cl imbing capa-
bility .............................................. .192
Trim pie ces( cle anin ginstructions) .372
Trip computer (on-b oard com-
puter) ................................................. .271
Trip meter Calling up ....................................... 271
Resetting (on-bo ardc omputer )...... 272
Turn si gnal
se eT urn signals
Turn signals
Switching on/off ........................... 121
TV
Operating (on-bo ardc omputer )..... 275
se eS eparate operating instructions
Two- wayradio
Freq uencies ................................... 421
Installati on .................................... .421
Transmission output (maximum ).... 421 20
Index

W
X R
Adjusts the volume 8 R
Mute Bac
kbutton %
Press briefly:
R
Back
R Switch esoff LINGUATRONIC;
see the separate operating
instructi ons
R Hides displa ymessages/calls
up the last Trip men
ufunction
used
R Exits the telephone book/redial
memory %
Press and hold:
R
Call supt he standard display in
the Trip menu
Multifunction display
:
Time
; Permanent display: outside tem perature
or spee d(Ypage 280)
= Description field
? Menu bar A
Drive program (Y page 168)
B Transmission position (Y page 168)
X To sho wmenu bar ?:press the =
or ; button on the steerin gwheel.
Men ubar? disappears after afew seconds.
Text field =shows the selected men uor
submen uaswell as display messages.
i You can set the tim eusing the audi osys-
tem or COMAND Online; see the separate
operating instructions.
The followi ngmessage scan appear in the
multifunction display:
Xj Y ActiveParking Assist
(Y page 219)
¯ Cruise control (Y page 193)
LIM SPEEDTRONI
C(Ypage 19 6)
f DSR DSR (Y
page 251)
Ç Off-ro ad program (vehicles with-
out the ON&OFFROAD package)
(Y page 252)
Ç Off-road program (vehicles with
the ON&OFFROAD package)
(Y page 253)
LO WR ANGE LO
WR ANGE off-road gear
(Y page 254)
_ Adaptive Main-beam Assist
(Ypage 125)
À ATTENTION ASSIST
(Ypage 232)
¤ ECO start/stop function
(Ypage 163)
Ä SpeedLimit Assist
(Y page 233)
à Lane KeepingAssist
(Y page 24 0)
à ActiveLane Keepin gAssist
(Y page 24 5)
ë HOLD functio n(Ypage 21 1)
Ä Distancewarnin gfunction
(Y page 63) 270
Display
sand ope rationOn-board computer and displays

Ä
PRE-SAFE®
Brake (Y page68)
120 km/h! Maximum permissibl
espeed
exceeded (only for cer tain coun-
tries) Menus and submenus
Menu overview
Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to call up the menu bar and select
am enu.
Operating the on-board computer
(Y page 269).
Dependin gonthe equipment fit tedint he
vehicle, you can cal lupthe followin gmenus:
R Trip men
u(Ypage 271)
R Navi menu (navigation details)
(Y page 272)
R Audio menu (Y
page 274)
R Tel menu (telephone) (Y
page 275)
R Assist. menu (assistance) (Y
page 277)
R Serv. menu (Y
page 279)
R Sett. menu (Y
page 279)
R ON&OFFRO AD menu (Y
page 286)
R AMG menu in AM
Gvehicles (Y page 286)
The Audio ,
Navi and
Tel menus differ slightly
in vehicles with an audio system and in vehi-
cles with COMAN DOnline. The examples
given in this Owner's Manual appl ytov ehicles
equipped with COMAN DOnline. Trip menu
Standard display X
Pres sand hol dthe % button on the
steerin gwheel until the Trip men
uwith
trip meter :and total distance
recorder ;is shown.
Trip compu ter" From start" or "From
reset" Example: "From start
"trip computer
: Distance
; Time
= Averag espeed
? Average fuel consumption
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Trip menu.
X Press 9or: to select From start or
From reset .
The values in the From start submen
uare
calculate dfrom th estart of ajour ney, whilst
the values in the Fromreset submenu are
calculated fro mthe last tim ethe submenu
was reset (Y page 272).
The From start trip compute
risa utomati-
cally reset when:
R the ignition has been switched off for more
than four hours.
R 999 hours have been exceeded.
R 9,999 kilometres have been exceeded.
The From reset trip computer is automati-
cally reset if the value exceeds 9,999 hours
or 99,99 9kilometres. Menus and submenus
271On-board computer and displays Z

Displaying th
erange an dcurrent fuel
consumption :
Approximat erange
; Curren tfuel consumption (not fo rAMG
vehicles)
X Press the =or; buttononthe steer-
ing wheel to selec tthe Trip menu.
X Press the 9or: button to selec tthe
curren tfuel consumption (not for AMG
vehicles) and the approximate range.
The approximate range which can be covered
depends on the fuel level and your current
driving style. If there is only asmall amount
of fue lleft in the fuel tank ,the display shows
av ehicle being refuelled Cinstead of the
range.
Digital speedometer :
Digita lspeedometer
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Trip menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select the
digital speedometer. Resetting values Example: resettin
gthe trip computer "From start"
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Trip menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select the
function that you wish to reset.
X Press the abutton.
X Press the :button to select Yes and
press the abutton to confirm.
You can reset the values of the following func-
tions:
R trip meter
R trip computer "From start"
R trip computer "From reset" Naviga
tion menu
Displaying navigation instructions In the
Navi menu, the multifunction display
shows navigation instruc tions.
For mor einformation, see the separate oper-
ating instructions.
X Switch on the audi osystem with Becker ®
MAP PILOT or COMAND Online ;see the
separate operating instructions.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Navi menu.272
Menus and submenusOn-board compu
tera nd displays

R
changin gthe conven ience sett ings
( Y pag e285)
R restoring the factory settings
(Y page 286)
Instrumen tcluster submenu Selecting th
eunit of measurement for dis-
tance
The Displa yunit Speed-/odometer: fun
ction allows you to choose whether cer-
tain displays appear in kilometres or miles in
the multifunction display.
You can determin ewhether the multifunction
displa yshows some messa ges in milesorkil-
ometres.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Settings menu.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Inst .cluster submenu.
X Press ato confirm.
X Press the :or9 buttontoselect the
Displa yunit Speed-/odometer: func-
tion.
Yo uw ill see the selected setting: km or
miles .
X Press the abutton to save the setting.
The selected unit of measurement for dis-
tance applies to:
R the digital speedometer in the Trip menu
R the total distance recorder and the trip
meter
R the trip computer
R the current consumption and the range
R the navigation instruc tions in the Navi menu
R cruise con trol
R SPEEDTRONIC
R DISTRONIC PLUS
R ASSYST PLUS service interval display Selecting the permanent display function
You can determine whethe
rthe multifunction
display permanen tlys hows your speed or the
outside temperature.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to selec tthe Settings menu.
X Press the :or9 button to selec tthe
Inst .cluster submenu.
X Press ato confirm.
X Press the :or9 buttontoselect the
Permanen tdisplay: function.
Yo uw ill see the selected setting: outside temperature or
Dig. speedo [mph] .
X Press the abutton to save the setting.
i Speed is displayed in mph.
i Vehicles for the United Kingdom: this
func tion is unavailable.
Ligh tsubmenu Settin
gthe daytime drivin glights
The Daytim edriving lights functio
ncan
only be switched on while the engine is
switched off.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Settings menu.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Light submenu.
X Press ato confirm.
X Press :or9 to select the Daytime drivin
glights function.
If the Daytime driving lights have
been switched on ,the con eoflight and the
W symbol in the multifunction display
are shown in red.
X Press the abutton to save the setting.
Further information on daytime drivin glights
(Y page 119). 280
Menus and submenusOn-board computer and displays